<ref name="NYTimes2024"/>{{cite news |last=Deb |first=Sopan |date=May 3, 2024 |title=How Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/arts/star-wars-films-george-lucas.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503190135/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/arts/star-wars-films-george-lucas.html |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |url-status=live |quote=George Lucas wants them to fade into oblivion. But some fans spent more than a decade digitally restoring the original “Star Wars” trilogy, preserving the movies as they were shown in theaters.}}</ref>